After-School Program Sparks Church State Debate at Benderson Heights
Residents claim the Syracuse Housing Authority and Rescue Mission are using a community center to run a Christian after-school program. About 20 minutes of each two-hour session include Bible readings, with 25 percent of time in Bible study. Parents express mixed views while lawyers seek an injunction to stop the program.
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Sullivan
Benderson Heights
Housing Authority
Syracuse Rescue Mission
Syracuse Housing Authority
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Steve Burch
Rescue Mission
Burch
Emma Cathcart
Adee Jah
Cathcart
Cliffside Drive
Clarence Jordan
Barron
Benderson
Heights
Willie
Darien Lake
Edward Mervine
Carol Shepperd
The
Faith Seidenberg
Thomas J. McAvoy
Binghamton
United States
Boeing 707 crash near New York saves many lives
The Boeing 707, after missing a Kennedy approach and circling twice, ran out of fuel and crashed off Oyster Bay Harbor on Long Island. Firefighters accessed survivors through a cracked fuselage as relatives at the airport awaited news. Authorities cited ample fuel capacity and possible engine failure, with initial passenger totals ranging from 140 to 149 aboard and 7 to 9 crew members.
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Kennedy
Kathleen Bergen
Federal Aviation Administration
CNN
Boeing
Tom Cole
Colombia
Newark
Bergen
Oyster Bay Harbor
Nassau County
Long Island
Theodore Roosevelt
Tom Czajkowski
Alfred Williams
New York
Jesus
Brian
Cecilia Battista
U.S
Avianca
Relatives wait as Avianca jet crashes near Kennedy Airport
New York Pan Am terminal crowded with anxious families awaiting word after Avianca Airlines Flight 52 from Bogota and Medellin crashes nine miles from Kennedy. Authorities report 148 aboard and initial death toll estimates range from nine to nearly sixty as relatives cling to hope and await information.
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New York
Pan Am
Nstead
Avianca
Bogota
Medellin
Colombia
Kennedy Airport
Avianca Airlines
Cove Neck
Long Island
Boeing 707 crashes list fatal recent incidents
The Associated Press notes several lethal Boeing 707 crashes in recent years including a Sept 3 1989 Cubana de Aviacion charter near Havana killing 125 of 126 aboard, a March 21 1989 Transbrasil cargo flight in Guarulhos with 3 crew and 15 on ground dead and 200 injured, a Feb 8 1989 Inde pendent Air Corp charter in the Azores killing 144, and a Dec 14 1968 Nigerian cargo flight near Luxor Egypt killing eight crew and one on the ground after refueling delays due to bad weather.
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Transbrasil Airlines
Guarulhos
Brazil
Independent Air Corp
Smyrna
Luxor
Egypt
Dar-es- Salaam
Tanzania
Brussels
Belgium
Cairo
Boeing 707 from 1967 sold to Avianca after Pan Am transfer
New York report details the Boeing 707 crash on Long Island. Built in 1967 as No. 592 of 878, it was sold to Pan Am and later to Avianca on February 25, 1977. The tail number HK2016 is cited, with maintenance records held in Colombia and US investigators aided by Boeing staff.
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John Bedoya
Woodside
Queens
Guillermo
Jessica
Lenora Valencia
Astoria
Maria Eugenia Agudelo
New York
Colombia
Valencia
Pan Am
Long Island
Pan American Airas
Boeing
Jack Gamble
Seattle
Colomman
Gamble
Avianca
National Transportation Safety Board
Storm kills at least 73 across six European countries
A European storm with winds up to 110 mph ripped through southern England and Western Europe, killing at least 73 people in six nations. Britain suffered 45 deaths as outages left up to 1 million without power. London traffic halted and flights and ferries suspended.
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London
England
Europe
Britain
Scotland Yard
Holland
France
Denmark
Belgium
West Germany
Atlantic
Paluel
Electricite de France
British Airways
Heathrow Airport
English Channel
Scotland
Northern Ireland
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Sandra Barron
Willie Johnson
Amanda Pinzon
Elizabeth, Nu
Laureano Caviedes
George Dunn
Glen Cove Community Hospital
Matt Murphy
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
Daniel
Danial
Newsday
Jersey
Aviance Rita
Egetales
Jek
Atlantic Ocean
Associated Press
North Sea
Environment
David Hunt
House of Commons
Independent
Dutch Coast Guard
Defense Ministry
Netherlands
Torhout
Schleswig-Holstein
Lower Saxony
Aurich
St. Brandon's School
Bristol
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